Chilean Justice ratified the sentences against officials of the feared National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), Augusto Pinochet’s secret police between 1973 and 1977, responsible for human rights violations including killings, kidnappings, and torture.   

The Salvadoran regime in the years before and during the Civil War systematized information on political enemies, in most cases to torture, kill, or disappear them.

Marijuana is about to make a legal reappearance.  After the resolution of the Supreme Court, which authorized four permits for the recreational use of pot, it looks like it could be decriminalized. 

Margaraita Zavala, being the only female front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race, distinguishes herself from her opponents by highlighting the need for progress in women’s rights. 

Flor Alba Núñez was assassinated by Juan Camilo Ortiz, aka Loco, a local gang member whom she exposed for attempted murder in Pitalito.  Her refusal to be silent has cost the journalist her life.

The leader of the FARC and the Colombian President’s brother have agreed to a new conclave that requires that both sides not leave the negotiating table until the peace talks in Cuba have concluded positively. 

After the 1970s coup in Argentina, one unorthodox media outlet was able to continue reporting the news despite a repressive regime that managed to decimate its staff in just over a year. 

Journalists Aloy Jupiara and Chico Otavio are publishing a new book about 1970s Brazil and various players involved in shaping the situation and the country that exists today. 

With the Colombia-FARC peace talks set to be through in a few months and a referendum coming up, not everyone is convinced that this is the last we’ve seen of the armed conflict with the infamous paramilitary group. 

One investigative journalist has taken it upon himself to get to the bottom of the mystery of the 43 forced disappearances.